OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF **TEXA%** AUSTIN

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“This**artiole shall**  **not** 

### applywhere it ehall be determined at (uieleotion held within such ofty,or,town **by** majority vote of those voting thereon that the territory or any +rtfon thsrsoi to be %o 

### embraoedshall not thereby beooms a 

### part of the indepmdent rohool distriot oon**aticutsd by**  **8uoh oity**  

### or **tom, but**  **shall be**  **taken into**  the alty liaritsfor olunialpal purposas only, ana shell 

### rszaein for 

### ooh401
**purposss a**  **portion or**  **the acijaa6nt**  indep%rident

**or tmororaon** **sohcoJ ciistrict**  **ati** though said city lFQit% had not **b8en** sxtendod.*

As this departanmt held in opinion No. O&10$, ths trwteee of P oonpllpon soho% diotriot have lega authoorfty

### uxder oertain %irouimtanoe8 to 

### %aploy M attorney to 

### repreeent the distriot. The deter&mmt au to tih% sristanoe or authority in aunypaxtioular oam iswhothar 

### or Aot tha &att%E 

### iS one 

### ml&tiAg to 

### &#hoolafiati% whO20- in tha intsre%te of the eohocl are involred, ea dirtbnguiehad rMi the personal **iAt%X95t5** of the tru%t%ee. **Arrlfagton** v. Jones, (C.C.A. 1917), 191 s. 5. 361j

### aaraing et al 'I, RnymondvvilleIrrdep%ndent3crhoolDirrtriot(O.O.A. 193Is) 51 8. W. (2d) 886; Orares and EIoutchena**Y.** PieaoAa Ed Indepacdent Sohool ljlutrlot **(@*&A,** 1922), 25435. G. 698j **Stewart v.**  Hewton **Independent** W.ko01 **Dirtzriot** (Q.Q.A. **LO$Q),** 154 S. S. (26) 4293 84 8.C.L. SO9j 3V **‘ 26X.**  Jur. 945. As stats& in the Arrington oafs33

*...It ia 

### provmm3 that the trusteea 

### 0r the crehooldietriot, aa (abody 

### Qorparnto, laayooiltreotand **bs** %ontraoted with, ,%ue 

### OFbe %u%d, **plead** 

### or **be iinpisad5d**  **in tiny**  ooimi;,;fthif state of aomp%t5nt &risstatute:. artiole 2&S!, Vcmon'r SayI.%%*

**Aad.** the **tmLste56 Of**  the ,%oh,ool clatriot aim11 hav% tiie managrurantand COAtrOl Or th% **pUbliC3** 5ObOOl **Or th** * **bf8- triot.**  &xtlales 282S and 8898, **Vernon ’** **s** gnjrles*Statutser Thtrreia ne authority exprssely given tw trustees to Qpiplo~an attorney **to brfu~**  **a suit**  **in b5hnlf**  **Or** truetees a&,Il& a 

### teaanacto Oari a teachins osritraot. $ut having the ~BW%P, a% trust%%% ham by the term of the atatuto, to oontraet and to **8U5 ad**  **bs EU0C**  **in CiiO**  **courts,** the authority r;nth%**HOnOr4Dl6 8.**  **C.** 3ta&e, Jr., IFag.3

part of trustees to 05p1oy an attorney to lnstltuto and prooaauts an aotlon in their b4half would exiet a5 a'naoessary lhoident of ths powers to aontract and to **4u0 am3**  **to uuma64**  **and ~oontrol**  **th4** affa&rs *nd inter4at of th4 publie s6ho41. mat* V* iivsn4t al., ioArk.,891, 67 3.vir 78&; 6Th45poM on Cosp. (&I. 1894) g 7361. For the **statute** doss 

### notmab it the duty of the county or d$.stri& attomsy to sopresent the trustees 'lnlegal roaeodinge, Inwhioh they are intorortod. 3ill 44 the trustees hav4, aa w4 think, th4 power to employ an attorney to reprosant them in 14gaf ~rooeedingr resp4otihg 4ohool affairr, the authority would exist t4 wy su4h attorney **rsasonable** 

### ooapenoatiiaa **out of**  the ep44ial malntenaca~sschool Rind In ths managemsnt ana aontrol 02 the trustbaa. Art1014 3773, Yarnan% Saylos' Statut4fi....4
ita, believe it ir 014av 

### that the affalra of a eohool distrtot are lhtipacrt4ly involvsd in a @oatrovony arising wit or stops 

### taken under Arti 3304, 

### aupra., by a siuhicipalityconstituting an independent oohool dlrs

### triot. LBocoovor, the L4glaLIture aoht4aPpLateUthat **jwmtloiabl4 leeuee**  **would ari44.**  

### A8 **statsd by**  the Court inWashFngton heights Indspsndent Soho J&&slot et al V. Oity of 

### r’ort Sorth (C.D.A. LiW3) ES1 3.W. 3U,,wrlt dismissed, 

### inInterpretin& A&lo14 k34, Oo5plst4 T4+as dtatutes 1939 (whiahArtialc is now tbs s4oma paragxmph of Article 980'5,&viosd Civil 

### SaWtea, lQ86)t

Y'hle pa'ovision4irldsnt2yadaus to authorize the 

### abjuetrsnt of **quiti be**  twesn the two authorities voluntarily as OP bv a

sltuatioo 4xistl&, and thfaamexation in
no manner resulto in taking 0r property without 405p@nsatbon.w (Underrooring ouw)

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**Eoonorable** 2. C. Staglo, **Jr,,** Fag4 **4.**

Oonoequentiy, It is the oplrdon 

### ofthin drpartwnt and you are rsepeotfully advi#pd that ~t$s truetaos or a ao- rrohooldtstriot m&y etaployan attorney to repressuit th4 dietriqt fn a 0,ontrvvsrey ariohg out of aorion taken by am~iaipallty aonsiituting an Independent sohool disttiat gwauant toArticle .2804,blevisedCivil 3tatutw, 1925. swh attorney say bs paid out ot the apeoial maintenaaos oiwitsolof the trueteea.
v*ry,tru1y yours, 

### ATTQRXXY’

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